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Dan Zeiger

@ZeigerDan

Senior Editor/Writer for @ISM®’s Inside Supply Management®. Student of #procurement. Recovering sportswriter. Living to run and running to live.

 Tempe, AZ
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Joined March 2012
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What happens when assumptions behind #supplychains no longer hold? The Sept./Oct. Inside Supply Management® tackles tariffs, geopolitical risk, rail and demand planning — areas where yesterday’s playbook may not be enough. @ISM members can check it out ➡️ ismworld.org/magazine
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Get the October #ISMPMI insights straight from the source: Susan Spence, Chair of the @ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, breaks down the data during the ISM® PMI® Reports LinkedIn Live broadcast Monday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT. To watch: hubs.li/Q04CJ9r-0 #economy
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ICYMI 💡 B2B and direct-to-consumer #supplychains have converged, but inventory systems often haven’t. Real-time visibility, dynamic inventory promising and serial-level tracking can combat phantom inventory without piling on more safety stock. hubs.li/Q04Bmln10
The Bridge Between B2B Manufacturing and DTC Retail Fulfillment

The Bridge Between B2B Manufacturing and DTC Retail Fulfillment

To eliminate these failures without inflating safety stock, supply management leaders must transition from channel-siloed allocation to a unified, real-time inventory architecture.

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What’s scarier than a 47-tab Excel spreadsheet? 🎃 A #supplychains risk nobody saw coming. ISM Weekly Digest explores freight, geopolitical shocks and AI’s role in end-to-end decisions. Subscribe ➡️ hubs.li/Q04CqJyw0 @ISM’s Tariff Resource Center ➡️ hubs.li/Q04CqJHq0
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ICYMI ⚙️ #Supplychains resilience requires more than backup suppliers and transportation routes. Workforce flexibility matters, too. Leaders should know where critical skills reside and how to deploy talent before disruption creates another constraint. hubs.li/Q04Bml7D0
Your Supply Chain Is Agile; Is Your International Workforce?

Your Supply Chain Is Agile; Is Your International Workforce?

One part of the supply chain — the international workforce — is still too often planned as though conditions will stay static. That assumption is getting harder to sustain.

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ICYMI 💬 Sticky costs. #Tariffs uncertainty. #AI adoption. And pumpkin spice? @ISM’s Supply Chain Roundtable examines the pressures shaping #procurement organizations today and how supply management leaders can navigate an increasingly complex landscape. hubs.li/Q04CbpRS0
Supply Chain Roundtable: No Pullback on Economic and Geopolitical Issues

Supply Chain Roundtable: No Pullback on Economic and Geopolitical Issues

Panelists effectively encapsulated the challenges for procurement organizations in the current economic environment, even if members were not asked about conditions up to the minute.

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Just put it in the NCAA Constitution that Indy hosts a #FinalFour at least once every five years.
Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) profile pictureJon Rothstein
@JonRothsteinOct 27
The NCAA has selected the following seven cities as finalists to host the Men's Final Four from 2032-36, per release. Denver Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Nashville New Orleans
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The most consequential sports broadcast rights deal ever is *not* Fox acquiring the NFL in 1994. It’s the CBS baseball deal in 1990, a money-losing disaster that set a new rights-fees market and reset the revenue-share discussion in #MLB — more sparks that ignited the ’94 strike.
Sports Media Watch (@paulsen_smw) profile pictureSports Media Watch@paulsen_smwOct 26
CBS had baseball for four years -- way fewer than any other MLB OTA partner -- and somehow aired several of the most memorable moments in MLB history. Was a disastrous TV deal in many ways, but not on the field.
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More important, does CBS not get so gun-shy at losing money over baseball that it keeps Fox from snagging the NFL? That would have set Fox’s growth back years. Does MLB not go to Fox in 1996 if it doesn't have a resume with the NFL? Does CBS ever pursue the SEC? So many what-ifs.
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CBS paid big money for MLB for the very reason the network cited publicly at the time: It wanted prime-time postseason baseball because sports generated reliable ratings in a TV landscape that was just starting to become more fragmented. And that’s infinitely more true today.
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It arrived later than in recent years, but oatmeal season is finally here in #Arizona.
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That burning smell currently drifting across the college football and athletics landscape is the smoldering wreckage of "the selfish cowards at Notre Dame need to join a conference” talking point. #CFBPlayoff
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@On3Oct 22
NEW: Miami President Joseph Echevarria on potential conference realignment and how the university would respond if the PCSA passes the House, via @RossDellenger: "If we have to go independent, I like our chances because we are a national brand." on3.com/news/miami-president…
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ICYMI ⛽ Record diesel prices are a #supplychains warning. With inventories tight, refineries strained and Middle East shipping routes disrupted, #procurement teams face higher freight costs, longer lead times and more risk. Here are signals to watch. hubs.li/Q04BmbRG0
Follow the Barrel: The Next Oil Shock Is Hitting Downstream

Follow the Barrel: The Next Oil Shock Is Hitting Downstream

For supply management organizations, the biggest concern goes far beyond what drivers and shipment carriers are paying at the pump: The escalating numbers are a sobering indication of the increasin...

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The latest ISM Weekly Digest explores high-stakes balancing acts facing supply managers: holiday inventory, shifting global materials markets and hidden costs quietly eroding margins. Subscribe ➡️ hubs.li/Q04BPNhy0 @ISM’s Tariff Resource Center ➡️ hubs.li/Q04BPNqz0
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ICYMI 📰 #AI is changing demand planning in paper mills — and the lessons extend across process industries and beyond technology. Better data, demand sensing and AI scheduling can cut forecast error, inventory and #supplychains disruption recovery time. hubs.li/Q04Bmbj00
When a Paper Mill Stops Guessing About Demand

When a Paper Mill Stops Guessing About Demand

AI is rewiring procurement, scheduling and logistics in the pulp and paper industry — and it offers lessons for supply managers in any process industry.

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And if you interpret “last year” as last season, Knicks-Spurs averaged 20.8 million — nearly four times as many viewers! #NBA #CFB
Sports Media Watch (@paulsen_smw) profile pictureSports Media Watch@paulsen_smwOct 19
Hard to be more inaccurate than this paragraph ... 2025 NBA Finals averaged 10.27M (and that was a panel-only number too; probably over 11M under "Big Data"). Comparing CFB viewership to the NBA's household rating (5.1). Always seems to happen just with the NBA, but whatever.
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ICYMI 💲 September’s ISM® PMI® Reports took the U.S. #economy pulse and showed continued expansion, but rising prices are demanding attention. #Tariffs, Iran, fuel and labor costs remain key concerns. Manufacturing ➡️ hubs.li/Q04Bm5Gr0 Services ➡️ hubs.li/Q04Bm5Fy0
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ICYMI 💡 IT contracts aren’t just about price anymore. As #AI and cloud tools become critical to #supplychains, procurement must negotiate for cybersecurity, data control, cost visibility, continuity and flexibility — before renewal pressure hits. hubs.li/Q04y9dNP0
IT Contract Negotiations in the Age of AI

IT Contract Negotiations in the Age of AI

As companies expand AI-driven procurement and supply chain capabilities, IT contracts have become strategic instruments that influence financial performance, cybersecurity resilience, operational...

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I am so rarely right about stuff like this, so I would think the #Brewers have to be feeling good about the next round, too. #NLCS #Postseason #ThisIsMyCrew
Dan Zeiger (@ZeigerDan) profile pictureDan Zeiger@ZeigerDanSep 16
It might be because of my long-time membership in the Pat Murphy appreciation society, but I have a feeling that this is finally going to be the #Brewers’ year, at least for the NL flag. #ThisIsMyCrew
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